The Orville

Lasting Impressions

If you thought that The Orville Season 2 Episode 11 felt kind of deja-vu-ish, you'd be right. All this has happened before... and that's okay. At its heart, The Orville is an homage to sci-fi shows and, in the overwhelming majority of cases lately, it does it well so I'm willing to cut it a lot of slack when it chooses to tighten its focus to one or two crew members for an episode. And Malloy has been stepping up considerably this season, with Scott Grimes really demons... more

Blood of Patriots

Although The Orville Season 2 Episode 10 addresses the question of forgiveness, it wasn't the context many of us expected after the conclusion of The Orville Season 2 Episode 9.  With no discernable fall-out from Isaac's return to the crew, the attention here shifted totally to the question of peace with the Krill. Mercer asks a really good question of Admiral Perry when he and the Orville are tapped to represent the Planetary Union in the first step towards a peace tr... more

Identity, Pt.2

Well, they broke Isaac. It's very clear from The Orville Season 2 Episode 9 that his prolonged exposure to biological lifeforms has irrevocably contaminated his programming. I mean, it's all good considering the Earth and all biological life would've been wiped out if Isaac hadn't made his Hugh of Borg transition. However, my first thought is that his sympathy/affection for the Finn family is now a vulnerability to be exploited by those looking to control his strength, ... more

The Orville Recap: Ok, Buddy, Time to Wash Your Mouth Out With Gordon!

Coming out of Part 1 of The Orville‘s “Identity,” we were left to wonder if Isaac perhaps was playing the long game and waiting for the right time to usurp his Kaylin kinfolk, or if the invading synthetic species would ultimately be thwarted by being “powered down” en masse a la The Avengers, Independence Day and, apparently, Star Trek: TNG. The answer delivered in Part 2 this Thursday, it turned out, was… a bit of both. more

The Orville Puts Viewers On Edge With a Very Dark, Very Discomfiting Twist

The seventh episode — the first half of a two-parter — of the Fox adventure series’ strong sophomore run found the crew setting course for Isaac’s home planet of Kaylon, after the science/engineering officer suddenly powered down. Upon arriving on Kaylon 1, Captain Mercer & Co. received as warm a welcome as one might expect from a species of synthetic, mechanical lifeforms. Their leader, Kaylon Primary, explained that Isaac had been deactivated now that his mission to observe the humans — ostensibly to inform a decision on... more

The Orville Season 2: Isaac Gives Claire Notes on Parenting — 2019 FIRST LOOK

Having previously suggested that vaporizing Claire’s children could tame the restless youths (and good), The Orville‘s Isaac seems to be offering a more sensible approach in this first look at Season 2 of Fox’s space dramedy. When the Seth MacFarlane-produced and -led series returns on Sunday, Dec. 30 at 8/7c (following an NFL doubleheader), Ed and the crew race to save a small group of survivors on a planet about to be destroyed by its sun, while Bortus and Klyden sta... more